And where we first met Pattie Boyd. Hubba, hubba.
Love that movie! Have seen it a million times!
It is pretty basic.
Loved the movie too!
Can we please stop it with the veneration of foreign opportunists.
The movie is still good fun. A more innocent time.
I was in 9th grade when the Beatles arrived and they gave me an appreciation of rock/pop music I never had before.
Of course I saw the movie (on my July 10 birthday, IIRC) when it came out and later discovered the “real” AHDN album - the UK version.
Although the great Beatles trilogy - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Pepper - AHDN (UK album) certainly deserves mention with those three classics.
In particular, two acoustic songs on the album’s Side B showed how the Beatles could rock with acoustic guitars!
“Things We Said Today” - written by McCartney with a borrowed guitar on a boat during Caribbean vacation w/Jane Asher
“I’ll Be Back” - written by Lennon and a very powerful song in its’ own right.
More info on the UK album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Day%27s_Night_(album)
The Beatles early music is often berated as simplistic, even sometimes by the Beatles themselves (i.e., John Lennon). But if you listen to it compared to what else was on the charts at the time, it was fresh and new and exciting.
Went to see it with my best friend and we just stayed in our seats and watched it again during the afternoon matinee. I think we were the only two left in the theatre for the second showing. It was summer in Jax, FL and we were enjoying the AC.
Thanks for the good article.
Abbey Road is the best.
Thank you Colin Fleming what a marvelous article.
Sorry but that would be the Sgt Pepper album.
What an evil group of people that led many astray.
My favorite song from that movie — which they sang twice — is “If I Fell” ... a little ditty Lennon penned on the back of a Valentine’s Day card as it came to him. The harmony is brilliant ... and not hard to re-create if you’re up to it. Cheers!
Track listing
Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. “A Hard Day’s Night” Lennon and McCartney 2:33
2. “Tell Me Why” Lennon 2:10
3. “I’ll Cry Instead” Lennon 2:06
4. “I Should Have Known Better” instrumental 2:10
5. “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” Harrison 1:59
6. “And I Love Her” instrumental 3:46
Total length: 14:44
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. “I Should Have Known Better” Lennon 2:44
2. “If I Fell” Lennon and McCartney 2:22
3. “And I Love Her” McCartney 2:29
4. “Ringo’s Theme (This Boy)” instrumental 3:10
5. “Can’t Buy Me Love” McCartney 2:12
6. “A Hard Day’s Night” instrumental 2:06
Total length: 15:03
Beatles started out doing “skiffle” music, but had the talent and gumption to create their distinctive sound and compositions...from cover songs to bubble gum sweet songs, to cynical songs, and them psychedelia, and then undefinable tunes.
My fave albums..fwiw...Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper..all the others are very good ...and there are lots of little gems on different albums also.
When compared to most modern acts it is unbelievable how the Beatles music is so varied....